This was really hot stuff back in the day —
Russ Westover’s Tillie the Toiler first appeared 1921. A woman getting a job was a novelty at that time.
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As if there weren’t enough factors working against a woman trying to land a good job in 1936. Thank goodness Fleischmann’s Yeast(!) is here to save the day.
See the entire comic strip at Barnacle Press.
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Can you believe it’s been 100 years? Yeah, time really flies.
Windsor McKay — genius behind the Little Nemo comic strip — ventured into movies with “Gertie The Dinosaur”
Nobody had every imagined cartoons could move. And before color movies — animation could be hand colored, so color film wasn’t needed.
Here is the 100-year-old Little Nemo film (partially hand-colored). Please note — no drugs were used in imagining this wild specatacle.
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Really interesting article from the LA Times – Hero Complex Winsor McCays Little Nemo Brought a New Animated Spirit to Film 100 Years Ago
Golden Age of Comic Books
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Always come morning
The first time I ran into Otto Soglow‘s character “The Little King,” I thought, “Hmmm — this is pretty weird. But the more I read, the more enchanted I became.
This is a unique take on comic strips. The King never speaks a word, and manytimes, nobody else does either. It’s like mime comics!
If you want to peek at the weird world of the Little King — just click on the link and jump to the Joyville tribute of this comic strip treasure.
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